The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1887-12-29


don. Three hours of solid fun that anybody
can understand, together with thirty or forty
songs and a play, are vesy rarely offered in
this city for twenty-five cents, and it Ger.
tainly seems to me to usher in an era Of pros.
perity and good feeling among the plain peo-
pie who enjoy q spectacular, musical and
dramatic season at cut rates.
did not take lady with me to the Lon
don, thinking that would 60 first and see
how liked it myself. l found that the rest
Of the audience consisted OF gentlemen who
evidently thought the same way.
The scene opens with q can opener snd an
overture, during which rapid fddling is done
by three men, who gain perceptibly on each
other in half mile dash, followed by the
clarionet later and the hoarse accents Of the
xylophone. It is a medley, and admirable
time was kept by the audience, led by two
sailors who sat near me, dressed up in their
other clothes and chew Of tobacco apiece,
which made that side of their faces sag con-
siderably, and gave them sinister expression
Of countenance and tinge Of i'll concealed
perfectly still, as it frequently was after q
humorous burst from the stage, l fancied
that could hear the salivary glands Of these
two old tars toiling On hopelessly through
the slowly moving hours.
Then there is a bit of life in Paris
After the Paris life episode, which is really
more spectacular than anything else, the
Acme Quartet club, consisting of four hand
some young men in full dress and police
gloves, MARBLES few strains, during which
it attains the higher notes with some diff
Guilty and swollen jugular veins. The Acme
quartet pleased me very much, especially
when it refused to sing any more. think
the Acme is certainly superior to the Climax
quartet, the Trophy, the Little Mammoth or
the Early Dwarf quartet
4 tablean was now produced with Eden
MIsee effects, and, with calcium light
thrown on it, pleased me much better than
The Railway murder.
Ten minutes are next devoted to selections
from French opera by Delaur and Debimont
who also change their clothes several times,
after which nine lovely women are discov-
cred standing on the stage dressed In mems
clothes,
These nine lovely women sing song which
sounds like oil the other songs that have been
sung, involving more. or less strolling down
Broadway and breaking up several home
circles, sly and unconstitutional social eccen-
tricity, ETC., during which one Of the nine
lovely women, wearing baseball uniform,
in which she looks like flannel doll that has
been run over by heavy wagon, distinctly
and in 4 point blank manner winks toward
me, and put my hat on again to cover my
confusion.
At this point young woman sings song.
Al least it is generally understood that it is
another song, but it sounds similar, though
any one can see by her gestures that it has
more pathos in it, and instead of strolling
down Broadway she wanders by the brook
side and large chunk of sadness falls on
her; whereupon she clutches at her heart
like an infuriated man trying to strangls q
basket of pups. Mr.. Harry Norris, accom-
panied by woven wire stomach upon which
he falls with the utmost impunity, holds &
short but highly humorous consultation with
the ochestra. He stays ON the stage eight
minutes, after which he succeeds in eluding
the vigilance of the audience and getting
away
Juteau, the handsomest aerial artist in the
world, then smiles at a mark on the ceiling,
bows and puts her fingers to her lips like
man who is replacing his front teeth accord
ing to Marquis Of Qusensberry rules and
ascends the trapeze by means of dark red
string. Juteau then proceeds to hang by one
limb, by two limbs, by her chin, by her
elbow, by her nose, and by her eyebrow,
while the band plays quivering selection
She does not say anything during all tho
time she is before the audience, but seems to
rely solely ON her gestures. Her sentiments
were highly indorsed by one and all She is
assisted by Mr. George W. Brown, of Spain,
who wears plain suit Of tights and an air Of
The entertainment closes with comical
hlrlesque with jokes in it. The villain is
very funny indeed. This is entirely new.
A humorous villain has never been success
fully attempted before. His name is William
I'asterino, and at one time he tries to stab
q poor young girl who begs him to spare her
life the remainder of her days and she will
sit up nights to bless him. She states that
she is utterly alone, oh, so very much so, and
that she has no protector, not even being pro
tected by copyright, and SO he does not take
her life. He is pleasant villain, with
sinister smile and tumor on the side Of his
head which looks some like an alibi
This play is quite long and, as the tobacco
smoke in the dress circle had thickened up
good deal and interfered with the view, 7
went out and took stroll in the crisp No
yember starlight; forgetting to go back till it
Nas too late,
noticed in the audience quite number
Of those who always attend the first nights
at the Rowery theatres. Mr.. Sunnivan Gun
aison was present and sat pretty well down
toward the front He said he liked the play
drst rate and hoped it would succeed.